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D-Index
92
Citations
31744
World Ranking
1000
National Ranking
141

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Wendy A. Bickmore is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research portfolio includes over 114 publications, with particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Plant Science, and Biophysics.

The scientist's main topics of work cover diverse areas including:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Frequent publication venues for Wendy A. Bickmore include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Life Science Alliance
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Genes & Development

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Elias T. Friman (16 joint publications)
  • Shelagh Boyle (15 joint publications)
  • Iain Williamson (12 joint publications)
  • Ilya M. Flyamer (11 joint publications)
  • Yatendra Kumar (11 joint publications)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wendy A. Bickmore are:

  • Coolpup.py: versatile pile-up analysis of Hi-C data, 2020, Bioinformatics
  • LifeTime and improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine, 2020, Nature
  • A central role for canonical PRC1 in shaping the 3D nuclear landscape, 2020, Genes & Development
  • Cohesin is required for long-range enhancer action at the Shh locus, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Extensive pleiotropism and allelic heterogeneity mediate metabolic effects of IRX3 and IRX5, 2021, Science

Wendy A. Bickmore has received several awards recognizing their contributions to science, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2017
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2013
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2005
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Differences in the localization and morphology of chromosomes in the human nucleus

    Jenny A. Croft;Joanna M. Bridger;Shelagh Boyle;Paul Perry

  • The candidate Wilms' tumour gene is involved in genitourinary development

    Kathryn Pritchard-Jones;Stewart Fleming;Duncan Davidson;Wendy Bickmore

  • Nuclear organization of the genome and the potential for gene regulation

    Peter Fraser;Wendy Bickmore

  • The spatial organization of human chromosomes within the nuclei of normal and emerin-mutant cells

    Shelagh Boyle;Susan Gilchrist;Joanna M. Bridger;Nicola L. Mahy

  • Chromatin decondensation and nuclear reorganization of the HoxB locus upon induction of transcription

    Séverine Chambeyron;Wendy A. Bickmore

  • Genome architecture: domain organization of interphase chromosomes

    Wendy A. Bickmore;Bas van Steensel

  • Single-Cell Dynamics of Genome-Nuclear Lamina Interactions

    Jop Kind;Ludo Pagie;Havva Ortabozkoyun;Shelagh Boyle

  • A Y chromosome gene family with RNA-binding protein homology: Candidates for the azoospermia factor AZF controlling human spermatogenesis

    Kun Ma;John D. Inglis;Andrew Sharkey;Wendy A. Bickmore

  • The expression of the Wilms' tumour gene, WT1, in the developing mammalian embryo

    Jane F. Armstrong;Kathryn Pritchard-Jones;Wendy A. Bickmore;Nicholas D. Hastie

  • Chromatin motion is constrained by association with nuclear compartments in human cells.

    Jonathan R Chubb;Shelagh Boyle;Paul Perry;Wendy A Bickmore

  • Recruitment to the nuclear periphery can alter expression of genes in human cells.

    Lee E. Finlan;Duncan Sproul;Inga Thomson;Shelagh Boyle

  • Enhancers: five essential questions

    Len A. Pennacchio;Wendy Bickmore;Ann Dean;Marcelo A. Nobrega

  • Chromatin Architecture of the Human Genome: Gene-Rich Domains Are Enriched in Open Chromatin Fibers

    Nick Gilbert;Shelagh Boyle;Heike Fiegler;Kathryn Woodfine

  • Ring1B Compacts Chromatin Structure and Represses Gene Expression Independent of Histone Ubiquitination

    Ragnhild Eskeland;Martin Leeb;Graeme R. Grimes;Clémence Kress

  • Transcription factories: gene expression in unions?

    Heidi Sutherland;Wendy A. Bickmore

  • The Spatial Organization of the Human Genome

    Wendy A Bickmore

  • The distribution of CpG islands in mammalian chromosomes

    Jeffrey M. Craig;Wendy A. Bickmore

  • Psip1/Ledgf p52 Binds Methylated Histone H3K36 and Splicing Factors and Contributes to the Regulation of Alternative Splicing

    Madapura M. Pradeepa;Heidi G. Sutherland;Jernej Ule;Graeme R. Grimes

  • Human cord blood-derived cells can differentiate into hepatocytes in the mouse liver with no evidence of cellular fusion

    Philip N Newsome;Ingolfur Johannessen;Shelagh Boyle;Evangelos Dalakas

  • Gene density and transcription influence the localization of chromatin outside of chromosome territories detectable by FISH

    Nicola L. Mahy;Paul E. Perry;Wendy A. Bickmore

Frequent Co-Authors

Veronica van Heyningen
Veronica van Heyningen University College London
David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Nicholas D. Hastie
Nicholas D. Hastie University of Edinburgh
Richard R. Meehan
Richard R. Meehan University of Edinburgh
Jeffrey M. Craig
Jeffrey M. Craig Deakin University
Robert E. Hill
Robert E. Hill University of Edinburgh
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
David J. Harrison
David J. Harrison University of St Andrews
Adrian Bird
Adrian Bird University of Edinburgh

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